Late Night Look at Ernesto

Ernesto was still struggling over Eastern Cuba late tonight. May be generous to still call him a tropical storm, however, the NHC is still using 40 mph as the sustained winds.

He was moving WNW at 12 mph from a position 20 miles north of Camaguey or about 520 miles SE of Key West. Latest NHC track forecast has been shifted westward slightly.

* Through the Central Florida Keys to west of Miami late Tuesday
* North to near Lake Okeechobee, to Daytona and offshore for awhile and then back on land north of Charleston Thursday evening.
* Continuing north to the North Carolina-Virginia border Thursday evening.
*Then into Maryland

5 to 10 inches of rain for East and South Florida and the Keys through Wednesday
Ernesto may slow down over the Mid-Atlantic states and that could spell trouble with heavy rains

Ernesto will not have much of a chance regaining hurricane status but that is not sealed in stone.
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on August 28, 2006, 9:41 pm
Wave at 30W is getting better looking. It has exploded the past 2 hours:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/catl/loop-avn.html

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